Improvement in manufacture of winkers for harness-bridles



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EUGENE WARD, 0E NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, AssIeNoR To i'nMsELE, ERAN- 01s e. BUTLER, AND ELiAss. WARD.

Lette/rs Patent No. 103,530, dated .2l/[ay 24, #lQ/ffff/ff The Schedule referred to invthese Letters Patent and making part of the sama L'EUGENE IVAnmof the city `of Newark, in the county of Essex and State'of New Jersey, have made certain Improvements `in Manufacture of Winkers or Blinds forvHarness-Bridles, of whieh'the following is a specification.

' My improvement consists in `a 'new process of inanvufacturng blinds Vfor harness-bridles, as will be more fully explained hereafter.

In the drawings- A is a piece ofthin sheet metal, or any ,other preferred material, for the inside lining, to stiien and preserve thejshape of the winker.

`I3 is a winker, stitched, lined, and shaped.

C is a 'perpendicular section of the middle of the blind, showing its form in that direction.

D is a horizontal section of the same.:

The ordinary course in manufacturing winkershas been to shape the lining by one process, then introduce it, covered with paste or mucilage, into the pocket formed by stitching 'the inside leather lining toA the patent-leather outside, and then,'with a rubber, manipulating the leather to the shape ofthe previously- `formed inside lining.

As animproved process of manufacture, I introduce the` plate A, while still flat, into the prepared pocket, and place it in a die of the desired form, and, by pressure'from'a drop or screw, give the winkel' 01' blind its form, with superior neatness and solidity, and with great economy in time.

One very decided advantagev arising from my process is that, all of the parts being firmly pressed together in giving the desired shape to the blind, they are 4much less liable to become separated from each other than when made in the usual manner.

Another' and a very important advantage is, that the stitchingA is all done while the blind or winkel' has a flat, smooth surface, thus doing away with the ne- Y cessity ofstit-ehing through the/angles formed in sloping the same, and also avoiding therisk of changing such form by holding the blind inthe clamps of the operator.

Having thus described my invention,A

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The within-described process of manuf'actui'in g blinds for harness-bridles, it consisting in stitching the leather upon its metal lining before the blind has been formed Y in the dies, and afterward forming the parts by pressing or swaging them in dies, thus shaping all of the parts at one and the same time, substantially as set forth.

Witnesses:

W. M. GooDiNc, EDWARD CoLEsEn.

EUGENE NVARI). 

